Global
warming is not merely an environmental issue; it is one of the defining
economic and political challenges of this global era. Nowhere are the issues,
the stakes, and the solutions more clearly and compellingly laid out than
in this authoritative book. Climate Change Policy is the new standard
on the subject. The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, president,
United Nations Foundation

Schneider, Rosencranz, and Niles present a comprehensive and sobering
review of global climate change. Their clear, careful, and highly readable
analysis will be useful for students, researchers, and citizen activists
at all levels of sophistication. This richly detailed guide is certain to
help a new generation separate hard truths from fiction and hyperbole concerning
global warming due to the greenhouse effect.  Irving Mintzer,
executive editor, Global Change

Climate Change Policy is the textbook for policymakers facing
the number-one challenge of this century: restabilizing Earths climate
system. This work provides the basic science background and covers the necessary
regulatory framework and financial mechanisms. Case studies are capped by
a Southern perspective from the late Anil Agarwal on how to balance ecological
needs with equitable development. Addressing the common problem of climate
change may yet help us overcome the many issues that now divide us.
 Paul R. Epstein, Center for Health and the Global Environment,
Harvard Medical School

This terrific book surveying climate change policy translates an
often impenetrable debate into an accessible, credible, coherent, and highly
educational compendium. It provides for the student, the teacher, and the
interested layperson a splendid one-stop introduction to one of the most
important issued in environmental policy. Schneider, Rosencranz and Niles
are to be congratulated.  John P. Holdren, Teresa and John
Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University

From Island Press: Questions surrounding the issue of climate
change are evolving from 'Is it happening?' to 'What can be done about it?'
The primary obstacles to addressing it at this point are not scientific
but political and economic; nonetheless a quick resolution is unlikely.
Ignorance and confusion surrounding the issue, including a lack of understanding
of climate science, its implications for the environment and society, and
the range of policy options available contributes to the political morass
over dealing with climate change in which we find ourselves. Climate
Change Policy addresses that situation by bringing together a wide range
of new writings from leading experts that examine the many dimensions of
the topics most important in understanding climate change and policies to
combat it. Chapters consider:

climate science in historical perspective

analysis of uncertainties in climate science and policy

the economics of climate policy

North-South and intergenerational equity issues

the role of business and industry in climate solutions

policy mechanisms including joint implementation, emissions
trading, and the so-called clean development mechanism

Regardless of the fate of the Kyoto Protocol, the issues raised in that
debate will persist as new climate protection regimes emerge; this volume
treats most of those topics. Tying the chapters together is a shared conclusion
that climate change is a real and serious problem, and that we as a society
have an obligation not merely to adapt to it but to mitigate it in whatever
intelligent ways we can develop. Cost-effectiveness is not disdained, but
neither is the imperative for valuing species threatened by rapid climate
change.

From
Book News, Inc: Schneider [Biological Sciences, Stanford
U.] and Root
[Center for Environmental Study and Policy, Stanford U.] present eight
case studies that originated in fellowships granted by the National Wildlife
Federation to graduate students. The case studies explore how global climate
change has impacted U.S. ecosystems and individual wildlife species. After
the presentation of a broad overview of the topic, penned by the editors,
the case studies explore how climate change has affected the range boundaries
of butterflies, the balance between predators and prey in ecosystems, the
levels of snow cover that certain subalpine plants are used to, and damage
to indigenous species because of the range expansion of kudzu and other
nonnative plant and animal species.

"Schneider and Root have assembled a team of young scientific stars
having the courage to tackle tough interdisciplinary problems of protecting
the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. Their treatments of the risks
to butterflies, birds, bears, marine systems, and plants should put this
book on the shelf of any ecologist or conservation biologist. The opening
chapter by Root and Schneider is the most comprehensive treatment available
addressing the ways climate and ecosystem components interact. It also explains
the science that Root used to back up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change's recent warning that twentieth-century warming trends have already
caused a 'discernible impact' on plants and animals."  Paul
R. Ehrlich, president, Center for Conservation Biology

"Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is an important
contribution to understanding the implications of our continuing consumption
of fossil fuels. Based largely on research by an outstanding team of graduate
students, this book demonstrates the importance of continuing research as
a basis for ensuring that our responses to climate change are both based
on solid evidence and sufficient to address the problem successfully. My
congratulations to the National Wildlife Federation for a superb contribution
to the current concerns about climate change, especially for the profound
impacts the projected changes may have on wildlife."  Jeffrey
A. McNeely, chief scientist, International Union for Conservation of Nature

"The effects of climate change are going to become a major part of
wildlife biology in the near future, but this problem has received very
little attention from the wildlife community. This book is a good place
to start: the topic is timely, the quality of the research and writing is
excellent, and the people involved are first-rate."  Peter
F. Brussard, former president, Society for Conservation Biology

This
primer contains fundamental information about what affects the earth's climate
over geological time and thus promotes informed, not polemical, debate.
 Booklist

The beauty of this book lies in its simple, fluid explication of
nature's crazy wild fandango. But Schneider also has a modest proposal to
make: Why don't we pause for a moment, take stock of potential consequences,
become collectively less destructive ? A talented writer with a supple
ranging imagination. Earth could use more nimble old souls like Schneider,
with his commonsense voice.  Kirkus Reviews

A concise, sensible, even-tempered discussion that reflects both
the subject's scientific and sociopolitical intricacy. 
New York Times Book Review

Inviting and trustworthy. The MacArthur Fellowship-winning
Stanford scientist explains all the essential terms and conceptsheat
trapping, the carbon cycle, the average speed of 'natural' temperature change
over the past 160,000 years, and so forth  and fairly summarizes what
is now known.  Curt Suplee, Washington Post

The facts are dramatic enough to need no embellishment Schneider
meets critics of those concerned about global warming head on and demolishes
their case that there is no cause for alarm The Times

Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather.
By Stephen H. Schneider (Editor); Oxford University Press; May, 1996.
(Winner of: Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award, Geoscience Information
Society, 1997; 1996 Outstanding Academic Books, Association of College
and Research Libraries; Best new professional/scholarly book in the Geography
and Earth Science category for 1996, Association of American Publishers;
One of best 100 reference books of the year, American Library Association;
One of the Outstanding Academic Books of 1996, Choice Magazine;
Editors Choice Award for 1996, Booklist.)

From
Book News, Inc: With more than 300 entries covering
topics from acid rain to zonal circulation, the Encyclopedia of Climate
and Weather is the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference work available
on the past, present, and future of the global environment. Authored by
leading scholars from around the world, the encyclopedia masterfully brings
together information derived from recent advances in computing, physics,
mathematics, the environmental sciences, and space technology. Special attention
is given to areas of current concern, including pollution, the ozone hole,
climate change, global warming, desertification, and the recent floods in
the American Midwest and France. Throughout, entries on literature, art,
economics, and other cultural topics as they relate to the global environment
enhance the coverage of more technical issues. And more than 400 illustrations
provide an exceptional supplement to the text, giving visual immediacy to
sometimes difficult topics. An extensive system of cross-references and
a detailed topical index provide easy access to the broad range of subjects
covered. Authoritative and engagingly written, The Encyclopedia of Climate
and Weather will be sought after by a wide range of readers, from weather
enthusiasts to undergraduates to specialists in a variety of fields -- indeed,
by anyone with an interest in the climate, weather, and the environment
of our planet. 

From
Book News, Inc: Proposed in the 1970s, the Gaia hypothesis
is that the Earth is a complex system which regulates itself in part through
biological processes. Essays by theory-originators Lovelock and Margulis,
and others introduce this collection of essays, adapted from presentations
at the 1988 Chapman Conference. The overview is followed by a debate by
philosophers of science and then discussion of the scientific foundations
of Gaian theory and the particular mechanisms involved. A final section
explores public policy implications. 

Ingram: In this comprehensive and solidly researched examination
of the greenhouse effect, the nation's leading climatologist shows why the
climate is changing, the potential consequences of unrestricted use of fossil
fuel, and what individuals and governments can do to mitigate the effects
of global warming.

Sierra Club: Comprehensive and solidly researched, this essential
reference examines the causes of worldwide climate change, likely social
and environmental consequences, and what can be done to avert wholesale
disaster. Stephen Schneider provides an authoritative, informative description
of the science, personalities, and politics behind the problem of global
warming. He explains in clear and simple language what is scientifically
well-known, what is speculative, and where major uncertainties lie.

"Global Warming may be the ultimate insider's guide
to the Greenhouse Effect. One of the nation's foremost climate experts provides
not only a compelling assessment of the scientific prospects, but also a
revealing backstage look at the recent politics of one of the central issues
facing our planet."  James Gleick, author of Chaos

"Stephen Schneider is a concerned climatologist who belies the idea
that scientists are narrow of mind and view. Provocatively, he decries the
notion that our ability to disrupt global cycles brings benefits that are
worth the unknown risks." Science Digest

"In this gracefully written book Stephen Schneider and Randi Londer
clearly demonstrate that they know and love their subject. The book is infused
with a humane spirit of respect for life. It fills the reader with wonder
at the complexities and the scale of the world climate system" 
Roger Revelle, Chairman, Committee on Climate, American Association for
the Advancement of Science

"That climate and life can mutually after each other's evolution Is
one of the most profound insights of modern science. I am very gratified
to see how brilliantly the principle of coevolution, originating in population
biology, has been applied in the entire earth by Stephen Schneider. This
is by far the best book on climate and its connection to life ever written.
It is certain to become a popular science classic." Paul R. Ehrlich,
author of The Population Bomb

This brilliant book by a young concerned scientist is just what the
world needs relevant, timely, essential for decision making. Solid,
concerned common sense, buttressed with facts - but not too many for the
layman to digest as a preparation for action.  Margaret Mead,
American Museum of Natural History

Climatic
Change is dedicated to the totality of the problem of climatic variability
and change  its descriptions, causes, implications and interactions
among these. The purpose of the journal is to provide a means of exchange
between those working on problems related to climatic variations but in
different disciplines. Interdisciplinary researchers or those in any discipline,
be it meteorology, anthropology, agricultural science, astronomy, biology,
chemistry, physics, geography, policy analysis, economics, engineering,
geology, ecology, or history of climate, are invited to submit articles,
provided the articles are of interdisciplinary interest. This means that
authors have an opportunity to communicate the essence of their studies
to people in other climate related disciplines and to interested laypersons,
as well as to report on research in which the originality is in the combinations
of (not necessarily original) work from several disciplines. The journal
also includes vigorous editorial and book review sections. See also:
Climatic Change.

Schneider, S.H., 2002: Global Climate Change in the Human Perspective,
Chapter 6 in Bengtsson L.O. and C.U. Hammer (eds.)Geosphere-Biosphere
Interaction and Climate, Proc. of the Working Group of the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme,
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 318 pp.

Schneider, S.H., 2001: Is
the 'Citizen-Scientist' an Oxymoron? in Kleinman, D. (ed.),
Beyond the Science Wars: Science, Technology and Democracy, State
University of New York Press, Albany: New York, 103-120.